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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

I will be making one last batch of calendars,and continuing with the packaging up of allthe orders and sending them on theirmerry way to you this week.

And it will probably be awhile before thenext sale...as I knew when I took a hiatus whenmy mom came to live with us, it is a bit of a pressto take good care of her, homeschool my boy andeverything else. Tho' I am so glad I had the sale!It is wonderful to experience again all the familiarrhythms of making and designing. And it makesme happy to think of my calendar companioningso many of you throughout the year, and thecards being sent out these Winter days withlove and hope.

By next summer, my son will be graduated fromour homeschool, the addition for my mom will belong done, and I can imagine a new seasonof homelife (not that I want to imagine thepart of it without my son here each day...I amhaving to play Scarlett in that area and willdefinitely think about that ages hence!)with more time for making.

But for now, I again send my gratitudeand also my dear wishes for a lovelymonth ahead for all of us!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Welcome to the first little sale at my blog!Below you will find all the offerings that I haveat this time, with the quantity I have of each(except the calendar, until I run out of paper,I will gladly make as many of these as youwould like).

After you browse through the offerings,please send me an email at:

lesley@smallmeadowpress.com

with your wishes.

I will be here, receiving the emails, adjustinginventory, keeping the kettle on the boil forrestorative cups of tea and coffee...and justgenerally feeling grateful and happy to be atiny part of your hopeful Advent days.

I would appreciate it if in your email you let meknow how quickly you would like to receive yourpackage of lovelies. The packaging up of orders willbe done during my mom's naptimes and bedtimes,so time is limited and I would like to get out theorders first that need to be somewhere soonfor gifting.

And for those who might be new to my wares,please know that everything is made with 100%recycled or tree-free papers, vintage ribbon, andearth-friendly packaging. Also, I have reducedmost of my prices...just because.

BOOKS & READERS NOTECARDS

My most popular set of notecards.One each of six designs (with matchingenvelopes) in a prettyenvelope package

Just four designs for this year...it tookso long to adapt each one to the new printerthat I couldn't conceive of doing all 10.

I chose those which speak ofPeace & Light.

These come in bundles of a dozen (with matchingenvelopes). You may order bundles of all one kind, orthe assortment. Each bundle has a pretty wrapperwith a wax seal. These are made of french-foldedlaid paper-creamy white.

$12

Blessing of Light(blank inside)

Sparkling Peace(it says "Peace" inside)

Starry Hen(blank inside)

Lanterns Glowing("Merry Christmas" inside)

Peace & Light(assortment of 3 each of the 4 designs)

A CALENDAR OF ONES OWN 2011

"Comfort & Joy"

I designed this last year, but was unable to offerit because of many printer problems. Those arehappily solved and I have changed all of the datesfor 2011....so now you may have the lovelywords and images to see you through the yearahead.

In case you are new to my yearly calendar,it is bound like a book with vintage creamsilk ribbon, two page spreads for each monthwith large squares and images in soft colorson a flecked thick paper. 8 1/2" x 11" when closed.The front section is the calendar pages foreach month, the back is 24 blank pageswith occasional pretty images scatteredhere and there.

$22

I should have enough paper to make as manycalendars as you wish...tho' after the first 36 orso, the covers will be printed on a soft browncardstock, instead of the cream.